Blog: The Decibel Tolls

Experimental cover albums generally tend to disappoint. Usually an artist's motives for interpretation are sound, yet the final product is rarely impressive, often belittling the original work. Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon), known for his "interpretive covers," has reconstructed a myriad of works ranging from Francis Scott Key's "The Star Spangled Banner," to various AC/DC tracks, to an entire collection of Modest Mouse songs (Sun Kil Moon – Tiny Cities ). The problem with Kozelek's covers, as with others who compose hyper-experimental covers, is that frankly, no one really cares. All he really did [...]

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